Oh my goodness. WOW. So much to tell!
Yesterday I forced myself out the house to endure another Malesherbes Music concert. The spanish accoustic guitar was surprisingly lovely - i was beginning to think that the guitar was just an awful instrument with the exception to Lindsay Lohan's band in Freaky Friday! But this guitar has now fuelled a desire to watch The Mask of Zorro again! :) However, serenity was ruined when an old man came to play the viola, and at first I thought he must have been a beginner! But as he progressed it turned out he wasn't an old man refuelling his desire to learn the viola, but to describe the performance in a word? MYOSHI. It wasn't Myoshi (Chostakovitch and Jongen for those particularly interested), but it was verging onto that. I.e. utter calamity and note bashing.
Came home, argued with the cleaner... Turns out what really ruffles her feathers is when I walk out the door whilst she's talking. It was a classic Eastender's scene, me slamming the front door whilst she's squawking French at me, and then yanking the kitchen windows open to fire more French babble at me whilst I walk out and slam the gate (they are HEAVY doors!).
After getting the girls from school, we all went out again for the evening to meet Caroline in Paris. YES - PARIS. I drove (this time, knowingly) through Paris. i am so proud! I've been told that if you can drive round the 10-lane car-mash-up that is named l'Arc de Triomphe, you can drive anywhere. And I made it. Driving up the Champs Elysees is like going up the big hill on a roller coaster - unsure of what you'll get once you get to the highest point! The lights were so pretty, we drove round Notre Dame, past the Louvre (I had no idea how MASSIVE it is until yesterday evening), right through the centre of Paris. It was INCROYABLE. Definitely there in my list of top ten memories of Paris! For those who have a rough idea of Paris, we were heading up to the 17ieme, which is the top left-hand corner of Paris (we live just outside the periphique on the bottom right-hand side). Caroline very kindly (and surprisingly) took us all out with some of her friends to go to the Theatre! It was my first french Theatre experience, but so amazing and brought back all the memories of going to the theatre as a child, as the room was really grandiose, with galleries, boxes, gold lights, big curtains on the stage... We went to see 'La Vie Parisienne' written by Jacques Offenbach. I didn't understand much of it, and couldn't work out a story line (everyone seemed to be in love with everyone else, so there was no clear relationship/romance going on), but it was fun nonetheless!
14, Bld de Strasbourg 75010, Metro: Strasbourg Saint Denis / Château d'eau
In other news, I received ANOTHER unconditional offer from a university - this time Brighton university! I'm so happy! And in not-so-great news, I have used up my pink Domestos. :( I have another bottle of Domestos to get me through until February, but the bottle is not a hot-pink colour. I guess the very special things in life are rare! :P
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